Shirt-button.



PATBNTED 1330.13, 1904.

G S. ENGLE.

SHIRT BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 190a. RENEWED MAY 3. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 13, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SHlFlT-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,191, dated December13, 1904. Application filed May 4, 1903. Renewed May 3, 1904; Serial No.206,215- (No model.)

I0 all who/n (It 71710.7 concern:

Beitknown that I, GEORGE S. ENGLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShirt-Buttons, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to the class of buttons primarily adapted for useupon the bands of shirts and other articles of Wearing-apparel andpopularly known as collar, cuff, or shirt buttons. Besides the endscommonly sought in structures of this kind it is desired hereby toprovide aclam ping means upon the button whereby the latter may engagebands with or without buttonholes.

To the above ends my invention eonsistsin the construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my newbutton; Fig. 2, a central vertical section; Fig. 3, a top plan view ofthe same. Figs. 4, 5', 6 are similar views, respectively, of a modifiedform of my new button; and Fig. 7 is also a modified form.

Like letters of referenceindicate like parts throughout the views.

As shown, my button comprises a post a and head 0, of any convenientconstruction, rising from an upper clamping-plate 7/. The latter isprovided with a socket f and upon its under surface cavities lb. One ofits ends is folded over to embrace a pivot or pintle 7. The pintle alsoengages,through a perforation therein, the lug c' of a bottomclamping-plate 0, upon whose upper surface is a ball or projection ti,adapted to register in the socketf of the upper plate. Prongs a rise atintervals upon the plate 0, adapted to register in the cavities it,above referred to.

My invention is above referred to in connection with a stationary post;but it is obviously applicable when the button-post carries upon itsbottom a tranverse plate m, as shown in Fig. 5, by means of which thepost has play. The plate 1/). may be slidably engaged in any convenientmanner with the upper clamping-plate-for instance, as seen in Figs. 4,5, and 6, where the plate on is shown as of elongated form correspondingto an opening in the plate, through which the plate m may be inserted,so as to occupy a position back of the said clamping-plate in which theopening is formed, and then by turning the said plate m at right angles,as seen in Fig. 6, the plate m can he slid up or down and yet is heldagainst accidental separation and cannot be removed till the same isbrought coincident with the opening. W hen the parts are in their closedposition, the projection rhbears against this plate m and. holds theparts against movement.

To apply my button, the clamping-plates are forced together, with theshirt or other band s intermediate the two, and the ball (Z, passingthrough the opening or buttonhole t of the fabric, registers in thesocket f.

It will be noted that my structure dispenses with all pressure upon theneck, wear upon the buttonhole, accidental detachment, and reinforcementof the neckband.

The modifications to which my invention is obviously adapted are tosubstitute for the hinge g a springy loop, as shown in Fig. 7, whereinthe broken lines indicate the-parts in disengaged position.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is---- 1. In a shirt-button, the combination with apost, of a clampingplate carrying the same, and having a socket, asecond clamping-plate hinged. to the first-mentioned plate and having aprojection to engage in said socket and prongs to engage in cavities inthe adjacent face of the lirst-1nentioned plate, said post beingadjustably connected to the first-incutioned plate.

2. A shirt-button comprising two plates whereby the post is slidablyconnected with its supporting-plate, the said projection engaging saidflange when the parts are closed. 10

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

GEORGE S. ENGLE.

Witnesses:

VILLIAM E. BROWN, HORATIO E. BELLOWS.

